Modern population

Turkish Ahiska

Turkish_Ahiska

Turkish Ahiska is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Turkish_Ahiska), with 3 samples from Cyprus.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian Kart, Georgian Kakh and Georgian Laz, and among ancient ones Beniamin Sasanian (Antiquity, Armenia), Maykop Late (Bronze Age) and Antiquity (Antiquity, Armenia).

Period
Modern
Country
Cyprus
Origin
Cyprus
Samples
3
Catalogue
Turkish_Ahiska

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Georgian KartGeorgian_Kart1.35
2Georgian KakhGeorgian_Kakh1.66
3Georgian LazGeorgian_Laz1.80
4Andian AAndian_A2.08
5Georgian AjarGeorgian_Ajar2.12
6Georgian SamtckheGeorgian_Samtckhe2.12
7Armenian HemsheniArmenian_Hemsheni2.55
8Georgian JavakhetiGeorgian_Javakheti2.58
9Georgian ImerGeorgian_Imer2.68
10Georgian WestGeorgian_West2.76
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Beniamin Sasanian (Antiquity, Armenia)Armenia_Beniamin_Sasanian2.95
2Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late3.30
3Antiquity (Antiquity, Armenia)Armenia_Antiquity3.34
4Armenia (Iron Age)Armenia_IA3.35
5Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan3.36
6Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kaps3.48
7Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.49
8Beniamin Achaemenid Artaxiad Hellenistic Roman possible (Antiquity, Armenia)Armenia_Beniamin_Achaemenid_Artaxiad_Hellenistic_Roman_possible3.52
9Kura-Araxes Talin (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Talin3.57
10Armenia (Early Medieval)Armenia_EarlyMedieval3.59

Individuals 3

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
Ahiska1Cyprus
Ahiska2Cyprus
Ahiska3Cyprus